The CFDA 2010 Fashion Awards: The Winners In Their Words

Who: Penélope CruzWhat: L'Wren ScottWhere: On her way to the Late Show with David Letterman at the Ed Sullivan Theatre, New YorkWhen: November 17, 2009

8:19pm:Brooke Shields hands over the Eugenia Sheppard Award to Kim Hastreiter of Paper magazine. “I might be a thorny presence in this industry,” Hastreiter says, “but thank you for asking me to the party.” 8:29pm:Alexa Chung and Ed Westwick present the three Swarovski awards: Menswear to Richard Chai (“Incredible—really,” Chai says. “I never thought I would be nominated the same year as two of my previous employers [Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs].”); Accessories to Alexander Wang (“Thank you Mom! And my family, who are all here tonight!”); and, Womenswear to Jason Wu (“Wow,” he says, taking hold of the award, “it’s heavy!”) 8:40pm: Donna Karan, a former boss of Christopher Bailey of Burberry, asks him up on stage to receive his International Award. “Donna seduced me!” he says, laughing. “She showed me a world I didn’t know existed.” 8:52pm:Dakota Fanning presents the Accessory Designer of the Year Award to Alexis Bittar. “I hate, hate—hate!—being up here on stage,” says a beaming Bittar. 8:56pm:Caroline Kennedy honors her friend, Vogue’s Tonne Goodman, with the Eleanor Lambert Award. “Before I had a family, I had a whole other family,” Goodman says. “Bruce and Steven and Arthur and Mario….” 9:05pm:Sarah Jessica Parker announces a posthumous recognition for the late Alexander McQueen with the Board of Directors’ Special Tribute Award. 9:17pm:Doutzen Kroes has good news for Ralph Lauren: He won the public-decided Popular Vote Award for the second year running. 9:20pm: Isabella Rossellini is onstage to present to Fashion Icon Iman. “Now I can finally say to my husband,” the former model and spouse of David Bowie laughs, “‘Move over—you’re not the only icon in the house!’” 9:32pm: Anthony Mackie gives the Menswear of the Year Award to Marcus Wainwright and David Neville of Rag & Bone. “I’d like to thank my wife,” Marcus says. “I’d like to thank Marcus’s wife too!” chimes in David. “Otherwise things would have turned out differently and there wouldn’t have been a Rag & Bone!” 9:45pm: Michael Kors is handed his Lifetime Achievement Award from Anna Wintour of Vogue. “Can you believe I looked like Peter Frampton!” he says, of the movie that played showing a 20-something Kors. “What happened to the hair!?” 9:55pm: After several years of nominations, Jessica Biel reveals Marc Jacobs has been made Womenswear Designer of the Year. “I’ve said this before,” he says, saying it again. “I don’t believe in prizes for doing what I love to do.”